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Climate, energy and a mountain full of sun: Visit to Fabriek Energiek
Divided into small groups, the students independently go through the themes in this collection during a visit to the Fabriek Energiek educational center.
The following themes are discussed:
- what is climate;
- fossil fuels;
- measuring CO₂; …
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Battle for the light: Forest game
No matter how quiet it seems in a forest, the plants you see are constantly fighting for every ray of sunlight. And that battle starts as soon as a forest is created. The first herbs are overgrown by ferns, which in turn are shaded by pioneer …
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Allergy: Eos Science
Why does our body react so strangely to certain substances? And how do you know if you have an allergy? Professor Dominique Bullens, affiliated with UZ and KU Leuven, answers these and other allergy questions in the podcast Ask Het Aan.
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Never Forget: Lesson Idea
Every municipality has one or more graveyards or cemeteries. They often form exceptional heritage sites. With this teaching idea, students gain insight into themes such as death, burial, rituals and symbols by examining the funerary heritage. What …
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Monument Log: Lesson Idea
Visit and explore the same immovable heritage several years in a row and bond with it. For example, the students follow the evolution year after year, they record this in a log and they take measurements.
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Pack and go: Lesson file
How can you make the public look at heritage in a different way? Think of the artist Christo. The students broaden their expressiveness by artistically drawing attention to immovable heritage from the school environment.
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Walking maps for a philosophical walk
Do you ever want to go outside with your class? Try a philosophical walk. The children get to know each other in a different way and open their eyes to the environment.
Each of these six hiking maps has a short assignment and a question. You choose …
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Too hot or not?: Climate change worksheets
Through various practical assignments, the students get to know the negative consequences of climate change better. They are then challenged to develop an alternative scenario in response to this. A game of propositions and a short discussion …
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City walk about environment and health: Guideline
Content
The planet and our health are under pressure. There are plenty of examples: the earth is warming up, biodiversity is deteriorating rapidly, fine dust makes you gasp and more and more people suffer from allergies and asthma ... Pollutants are …
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Fieldwork forest
Program where the emphasis is on field biological research. The students apply the different steps of scientific research on site: they compare the biodiversity of a poplar plantation with that of the old forest complex.
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- Working with …
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Biological and chemical water research
In many places in Flanders, a large-scale installation purifies the waste water. In the garden of De Helix this is done on a small scale by marsh plants. The students investigate the treated waste water in the pool at the end of the circuit, on …
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Forest and landscape walk
Content
Varied and mainly practice-oriented programme. The students gain insight by working with a compass, topographic map, allergy guide and herbal guide and sound meter.
Program
- Orientate
- Estimating and measuring distances
- Recognize medicinal …
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